Germany : Typewriters a low-tech solution for NSA Mass Surveillance

Germany says the only solution to guard against surveillance is - Stop using Computers

No, it does not mean that they are going
to completely throw out all of their computer systems, but rather they
would use it preposterous.

Every individual and offering encrypted communication by every company is the only solution to Mass Surveillance conducted by the government and law enforcement authorities.

A year ago, when it came to light that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own personal mobile phone had been spied by the U.S.National Security Agency (NSA) for
years, Surveillance has become a big issue for Germany. Such a big that
prominent politicians are seriously considering using manual
typewriters for sensitive documents instead of computers.

The head of the Germany's NSA Inquiry Committee, Patrick Sensburg said in an interview with the Morgenmagazin TV show
on Monday night, that the government is seriously considering a
low-tech solution to the ongoing espionage problem and to keep American
eyes off of sensitive documents.

Sensburg: As a matter of fact, we have - and not electronic models either.

Surprised interviewer: Really?

Sensburg: Yes, no joke.

Sensburg is heading up the Bundestag’s parliamentary inquiry into the
NSA’s activities on German soil and is the one who know about the
serious concerns caused by foreign states surveillance programs.

Germany's NSA Inquiry Committee was established in March to investigate
allegations by NSA whistle blower and former contractor Edward Snowden
that the United States government has been eavesdropping Germans and
even bugged Chancellor Angela Merkel’s personal cell phone, an issue
that has strained relationships and raised trust issues between old
allies, Berlin and Washington.

The relations between the two became even more worse when earlier this
month, Germany arrested a German intelligence officer who worked as a
double agent and passed information to the CIA about the parliament’s
NSA investigation. According to Sensburg, US snooping is ongoing.

After Edward Snowden
released his first document about the U.S. government's surveillance
activities, even Russia also thought to revert again to the old-school
forms of communication, and bought 20 electric typewriters last year to
keep inside communications more private, according to the Moscow Times.